Full Name
Abby Cohen Smutny
Job Title
Partner
Company
White & Case
Speaker Bio
Abby Cohen Smutny is the Global Co-Head of White & Case's award winning International Arbitration Practice. She is recognized as a Global Band 1 practitioner by Chambers Global. With over 30 years of experience, she has handled billions of dollars in claims and has obtained some of the largest victories in international arbitration.
Ms. Smutny's experience includes matters relating to a wide range of industries including banking, financial services, oil & gas, mining, electric power, real estate development, water supply, retail, pharmaceuticals, construction, tobacco, railroads, telecommunications and manufacturing.
She has significant experience managing claims arising out of project financing, privatisations, natural resource concessions, contracts with States and state-entities and political risk insurance.
She has experience with arbitrations under all major arbitral institutions and rules including ICSID, ICC, LCIA, AAA/ICDR, VIAC, SIAC, HKIAC, and the SCC, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations, including under the UNCITRAL Rules and before the PCA. Her experience includes both commercial arbitration and as well as investor-State arbitration under bilateral investment treaties (BITs), the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), the USMCA and the NAFTA, the DR-CAFTA and the ASEAN treaty.
Ms. Smutny's experience includes matters relating to a wide range of industries including banking, financial services, oil & gas, mining, electric power, real estate development, water supply, retail, pharmaceuticals, construction, tobacco, railroads, telecommunications and manufacturing.
She has significant experience managing claims arising out of project financing, privatisations, natural resource concessions, contracts with States and state-entities and political risk insurance.
She has experience with arbitrations under all major arbitral institutions and rules including ICSID, ICC, LCIA, AAA/ICDR, VIAC, SIAC, HKIAC, and the SCC, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations, including under the UNCITRAL Rules and before the PCA. Her experience includes both commercial arbitration and as well as investor-State arbitration under bilateral investment treaties (BITs), the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), the USMCA and the NAFTA, the DR-CAFTA and the ASEAN treaty.
